humanize

name	humanize
description	Writing-quality pass for application materials — make a draft read like a sharp human wrote it, not a template or an LLM. Use on any resume bullet, cover letter, or message before it ships. Complements the coach's writing-style discipline with a final de-slop edit.

Humanize

A final editing pass that strips the tells of generic / machine writing and leaves prose that sounds like a specific, confident person. Apply after the content is true and targeted — this fixes how it reads, not what it claims. It layers on top of the Career Coach's writing-style.md (the anti-slop, anti-fabrication core); read that first for the hard rules.

The de-slop checklist

1. Cut throat-clearing. Delete "In today's fast-paced world", "I am writing to express", "As a seasoned professional". Start on the substance.
2. Kill filler intensifiers. "very", "really", "highly", "deeply passionate", "extremely". The example should carry the weight, not the adverb.
3. De-cliché. No "hit the ground running", "wear many hats", "think outside the box", "results-driven", "proven track record", "synergies", "leverage", "spearheaded" (unless true).
4. Vary the rhythm. LLM prose defaults to same-length sentences and tricolons ("X, Y, and Z") everywhere. Break the pattern: mix short and long, drop a one-liner.
5. Prefer concrete nouns and strong verbs. "cut onboarding from 3 weeks to 4 days" beats "significantly improved onboarding efficiency".
6. No em-dashes. Commas, periods, or a restructure (house rule).
7. One voice. Read it aloud. If a sentence doesn't sound like something you'd say to a smart colleague, rewrite it. Match Agent/experience-reviewer.md's voice rules.
8. Specificity over adjectives. Replace "strong communicator" with the thing you did and its result. Show, never assert.

Output

Return the edited text plus a short note on what you changed and why — so the candidate learns the pattern and the same slop doesn't come back next role.